Weekend Photos - August 2024

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The 90 and 91 were the same size as made by Flyer, but the graphics on the 91 were considerably smaller in size. It has always looked a bit weird to me, especially when you see them side by side.

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I searched to see what the size difference looked like. Couldn't find #90 and #91 pictured together but I did find these images:

O-GAUGE


S-GAUGE


I agree, the freight station looks awkwardly small.

I also saw a variety of Flyer train stations. I did not know of the many tinplate designs from Flyer.

Thank you, Healey, I learn more things on MTJ than any other model train forum.

One more thing. In your post about the #90 train station, you posted a picture of the very rare #77 Lewis Park Station.

[healey36]

Wayne, my recollection is that station-combo is the #237 from the mid-1930's (here's a page shot from the 1933 Flyer catalog). I don't think they made or marketed this in the postwar era, so I would have doubts about the S-gauge designation.



Flyer made terrific stations in various sizes, nearly all of them featuring lithography in some form. They were sized for their wide-gauge trains down to the clockworks (small O-gauge). Very neat stuff, but finding nice examples, in my experience, can be tough.

[RBH29]

Healey, your new station is another winner. Nice work.

[healey36]

Thanks again, Richard. These are quite simple, so a nice change from some of the more complicated stuff. Hopefully once I clear some things off the layout, there'll be room for these and some other upcoming projects. I've already marked a modern-era Lionel station for removal, and there's some other stuff likely to be dispositioned as well. A lot to be done...

Paul R.

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...(here's a page shot from the 1933 Flyer catalog).

Flyer made terrific stations in various sizes, nearly all of them featuring lithography in some form. They were sized for their wide-gauge trains down to the clockworks (small O-gauge). Very neat stuff, but finding nice examples, in my experience, can be tough.

Thank you Healey, I have always been charmed by the lithograph train stuff but have collected very little.

The trucks are plastic and very free-rolling. How free? It is much freer than oiled Lionel staple-end trucks. Not as free as recent Lionel trucks.

You got me thinking of measuring my railroad car rolling friction using an adjustable grade (angle) track.

Playing with rolling friction... the tripod has a crank to adjust its height and change the track angle.

I am satisfied with this setup. Now, how to measure the angle?

Could the coefficient of friction setup work to measure the maximum grade a locomotive can pull?

That's impressive! The DC-only engine in the photo weighs 14.5 ounces. It is starting to pull a train that weighs more than the engine uphill. I need more pieces of straight track.